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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition, 9th Edition

A People and a Nation A History of the United States, Brief 10th Edition

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

A People and a Nation A History of the United States, Brief Edition

A People & A Nation: A History of the United States

United States History Atlas

Summary

The Brief Edition ofA People and a Nationpreserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all American people. Known for a number of strengths--including its well-respected author team and engaging narrative--the book emphasizes social history, giving particular attention to race and racial identity. Through its thoughtful inclusion of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture,A People and a Nationbrings history to life. Like its full-length counterpart, the Brief Seventh Edition challenges students to think about the implications of events in American history. Several popular features have been retained and updated, including "Legacies for a People and a Nation" and chapter-opening vignettes. A new "Links to the World" feature connects U.S. history to global events and provides Web links for further research on topics such as international piracy, baseball in Japan, OPEC, and AIDS. New!Co-authors Fredrik Logevall and Beth Bailey bring new scholarship on international relations and American culture to Volume II. Both authors contribute significant content on diversity, environmental issues, and other matters specific to the western United States. New!Volume II has been reorganized--with particular attention to Chapters 30-33--so that world and domestic events are treated in the same chapter. For example, coverage of the Vietnam War and protests against it are now addressed in Chapter 30. This reorganization allows for a more chronologically organized text and the integration of new scholarship. New!All chapters have been thoroughly updated to account for cutting-edge scholarship and recent events. New!More than 1/3 of the chapter-opening vignettes, which invite students to experience living and making decisions in different eras, are new to the Seventh Edition. New!More than 1/3 of the "Legacies for A People and a Nation" are new, including reparations for slavery, freedom of speech and the ACLU, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Appearing after each chapter summary, these "Legacies" demonstrate the importance of the past to the present and provide a forum for contemporary analysis. New!Eduspace for History is an online learning tool that pairs the widely recognized resources of Blackboard? with quality content from Houghton Mifflin. Eduspace for History offers access to primary sources, interactive maps, and supplemental study materials, as well as writing tips and tutorials (and, in qualified adoption situations, the anti-plagiarism resources of MyDropBox).

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter includes a Summary

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492–1600

American Societies North America in 1492

African Societies

European Societies

Early European Explorations

The Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their Successors

Spanish Exploration and Conquest

The Columbian Exchange

Links to the World: Maize Europeans in North America

Legacy for a People and a Nation: Columbus Day

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600–1640

New Spain, New France, and New Netherland

The Caribbean English Interest in Colonization

Links to the World: Wampum

The Founding of Virginia Life in the Chesapeake

The Founding of New England Life in New England

Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Foxwoods

Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum

North America in the Atlantic World, 1640–1720

The Growth of Anglo-American Settlements

A Decade of Imperial Crisis: The 1670s African Slavery on the Mainland

The Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade

Links to the World: International Piracy

Enslavement of Africans and Indians

Imperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft Crisis

Legacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent

American Society Transformed, 1720–1770

Population Growth and Ethnic Diversity

Economic Growth and Development Colonial Cultures

Links to the World: Exotic Beverages Colonial

Families Politics: Stability and Crisis in British America

A Crisis in Religion

Legacy for a People and a Nation: "Self-Made Men"

Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754–1774

Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and Indians

Links to the World: The First Worldwide War 1763: A Turning Point

The Stamp Act Crisis Resistance to the Townshend Acts

Confrontations in Boston Tea and Turmoil

Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Census and Reapportionment

A Revolution, Indeed, 1774–1783

Government by Congress and Committee

Contest in the Backcountry Choosing Sides

Links to the World: New Nations War and Independence

The Struggle in the North Life in the Army and on the Home

Front Victory in the South Surrender at Yorktown

Legacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins

Forging a National Republic, 1776–1789

Creating a Virtuous Republic

Links to the World: Novels

The First Emancipation and the Growth of Racism

Designing Republican Governments

Trials of the Confederation Order and Disorder in the West

From Crisis to the Constitution

Opposition and Ratification

Legacy for a People and a Nation: Women's Education

The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789–1800

Building a Workable Government Domestic Policy Under Washington and Hamilton

The French Revolution and the Development of Partisan Politics

Partisan Politics and Relations with Great Britain John Adams and Political Dissent

Indians and African Americans at the End of the Century

Links to the World: Haitian Refugees

Legacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime

Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801–1815